Ashley

“We want to be loved,’ ” quotes Britt-Marie. “ ‘Failing that, admired; failing that, feared; failing that, hated and despised. At all costs we want to stir up some sort of feeling in others. The soul abhors a vacuum. At all costs it longs for contact.’ ”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

“Clay smiled like a man who’d won first place in a “Whose Life Sucks the Most”
― Nicholas Eames, Kings of the Wyld

“Matrick plied his knives like a parade drummer, his rhythm so fast his enemies didn’t know he’d murdered them until their god asked them if they took milk in their tea”
― Nicholas Eames, Kings of the Wyld

“Perspective can be both humbling and inspiring.”
― Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail